this is where five explorers and would-be explorers first set off on friday, out into the open ocean, traveling some 460 miles from here toward the wreck of the rms titanic. then on sunday morning they were sealed inside the submersible tight sxn lowered into the ocean for their descent to the seabed some 13,000 feet below, about two miles. less than two hours later communication, as you know, was lost with the submersible and we just learned it was about that time a senior navy official tells cnn that a navy network of underwater sensors picked up sounds consistent, they said, with an implosion but that it was determined to be, quote, not definitive, unquote. well, this afternoon we learned the worst. this morning an r.o.v., or remote operated vehicle, from the vessel horizon arctic discovered the tail cone of the titan submersible approximately 1600 feet from the bow of the titanic on the sea floor. the r.o.v. subsequently found additional debris. in consultation with exp
and good evening from st. john s newfoundland. with a sad and somber evening here. this is where five explorers and would-be explorers were set off on friday, out into the open ocean, traveling so 460 miles from here towards the wreck of the artemis titanic. then, on sunday morning, they were sealed inside the submersible titan, and lowered into the ocean into their descend into the seabed some 13,000 feet below, about two miles. less than two hours later, communication as you know, was lost with the submersible. and we just learned it was about that time that a senior navy official tells cnn, that a navy network of underwater sensors picked up sound consistent they said, with an implosion. but it was determined to be quote, not definitive, unquote. and this afternoon, we learned the worst we this morning, an rov, a remote operated vehicle from the vessel horizon our tech, discovered the tail cone of the titan submersible, approximately 1600 feet from the battle of the tita
debris field. you re not going to find much in the way of human remains. dr. aileen marty, i appreciate you being with us. it s i m glad to know it was quick. i mean, it s awful no matter what, but i appreciate the detail. thank you. joining me now is someone who knows firsthand what it s like to be inside that submersible. colin taylor was on the titan with his son last summer. colin, appreciate you joining us. you actually were able you were on the titan, you went down to the titanic. what was it like being inside? it s a truly remarkable experience. i took my son down last summer, july of last year. and it was something we ll neff for never forget. it really was. were you frightened? was it claustrophobic? beyond the extraordinary experience of finally looking out the window and seeing the titanic. yeah, it is a little frightening to get into that submersible and to know you re going down 2 1/2 miles. i mean, you have the literal and figurative weight of the ocean
using. and there was also the ones i signed up for in 2012 before i ended up signing up with oceangate in 2019. so, it is it was a new technology, obviously not certified. but, yeah, sadly proved not to be solid. the coast guard suggested today that the implosion likely occurred when the submersible first went missing about an hour and 45 minutes or so into the voyage. as you mentioned, a u.s. navy official told us that they discovered an acoustic anomaly, quote, consistent with an implosion or explosion in the vicinity with where the titan was operating when the communications were lost, end quote. they also said those could be sounds given off by other ships, those noises we had been told about over the last several days, the banging sound that had been reported. do you think those were now unrelated.
the ship is the submersible is sending off pings and that s picked up by the mother ship. and then there is a text-based communication. it s very, very low bandwidth and very slow. so you type in a shorthand. but there s constant communication back and forth. and the mother ship is actually trying to guide you and tell you where you are on the way down. it s triangulating your pgs and tryi trying to figure out how close or not you are to the titanic. there s no sonar on board. there is sonar on board. but the sonar has a range of 150 or 200 meters we went down hit the bottom and our pilot whos wa incredibly skilled had been studying the currents and we were very lucky. when we flipped the sonar on there was the bow of the titanic 50 meters away. 50 meters away. so we inched up to it with the lights of the submersible. there is the bow of the titanic. and it is it just blows your